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The bot is approved and currently active – the relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTAPPROVAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTAPPROVAL">request for approval</a> can be seen <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Citation_bot" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot">here</a>. <br /><small> <span class="sysop-show"><i>Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Block&wpTarget=Citation_bot&wpExpiry=indefinite&wpHardBlock=0&wpAutoBlock=0&wpCreateAccount=0&wpReason=other&wpReason-other=Bot%20malfunctioning:%20">block it</a>.</i></span></small></td><td class="mbox-imageright"></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toolforge_logo_with_text.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Toolforge_logo_with_text.svg/40px-Toolforge_logo_with_text.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Toolforge_logo_with_text.svg/60px-Toolforge_logo_with_text.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Toolforge_logo_with_text.svg/80px-Toolforge_logo_with_text.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">bot</a> runs on <a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Portal:Toolforge">Wikimedia Toolforge</a>.</b> <small class="sysop-show"><br /><i>Administrators: If this bot needs to be blocked due to a malfunction, please remember to disable autoblocks so that other Toolforge bots are not affected.</i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="25%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://citations.toolforge.org/"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Crystal_Clear_action_go.svg/64px-Crystal_Clear_action_go.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Crystal_Clear_action_go.svg/96px-Crystal_Clear_action_go.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Crystal_Clear_action_go.svg/128px-Crystal_Clear_action_go.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td width="25%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/use" title="User:Citation bot/use"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Crystal_Clear_action_run_v3.svg/64px-Crystal_Clear_action_run_v3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Crystal_Clear_action_run_v3.svg/96px-Crystal_Clear_action_run_v3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Crystal_Clear_action_run_v3.svg/128px-Crystal_Clear_action_run_v3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span> </td> <td width="25%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot" title="User talk:Citation bot"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Crystal128-memory.svg/64px-Crystal128-memory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Crystal128-memory.svg/96px-Crystal128-memory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Crystal128-memory.svg/128px-Crystal128-memory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192" /></a></span> </td> <td width="25%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/block" title="User:Citation bot/block"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Crystal_Clear_action_exit.svg/64px-Crystal_Clear_action_exit.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Crystal_Clear_action_exit.svg/96px-Crystal_Clear_action_exit.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Crystal_Clear_action_exit.svg/128px-Crystal_Clear_action_exit.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top; font-size:150%"> <td><b><a class="external text" href="https://citations.toolforge.org/">Activate</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/use" title="User:Citation bot/use">Guide</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot" title="User talk:Citation bot">Bugs/Features</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/block" title="User:Citation bot/block">Emergency shutoff</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td>Activate the bot on a specific page or all articles in a category. </td> <td>How do you get the best results? Want an activation link on every page you edit? Consult the guide! </td> <td>Something wrong? Report it!<br /> Have an idea? Suggest it!<br />Source code available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot">GitHub</a>. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Admins</a>:</b> Follow <a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/block" title="User:Citation bot/block">instructions</a>.<br /><b>Non-admins:</b> Report to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">WP:ANI</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function_summary">Function summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Function summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This bot was originally designed to add <a href="/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" title="Digital object identifier">digital object identifiers</a> (DOIs) to references; it now does much more, adding other identifiers (PMIDs, ISBNs), links to open access repositories, and fixing common formatting errors. </p><p>The bot obtains citation data from a range of sources, including <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>, <a href="/wiki/Google_APIs" title="Google APIs">Google Books API Family</a>, <a href="/wiki/CrossRef" class="mw-redirect" title="CrossRef">CrossRef</a>, <a href="/wiki/AdsAbs" class="mw-redirect" title="AdsAbs">AdsAbs</a>, <a href="/wiki/ArXiv" title="ArXiv">arXiv</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://oadoi.org/">oaDOI</a> and PubMed. Because scraping data from web pages is unreliable and resource-intensive, these databases are the main source of data; unfortunately, the bot is unable to tell when these databases contain errors or incomplete information. Any such error or omission should be reported directly to the data repository maintainer. The bot also corrects citations to match <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CITALICSRFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CITALICSRFC">WP:CITALICSRFC</a> and similar. Note that a <b>503</b> error means that the bot is overloaded and you should try again later – wait at least an hour. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Data_sources">Data sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Data sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ArXiv" title="ArXiv">arXiv</a> data is from arXiv of course.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibcode" title="Bibcode">Bibcode</a> data is from the <a href="/wiki/Astrophysics_Data_System" title="Astrophysics Data System">Astrophysics Data System</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" title="Digital object identifier">doi</a> data is expanded using <a href="/wiki/CrossRef" class="mw-redirect" title="CrossRef">CrossRef</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a> is used for Google Books URL expansion.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISBN" title="ISBN">ISBN</a>, <a href="/wiki/LCCN" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN">LCCN</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Open_Library" title="Open Library">OLCN</a> data is expanded from the <a href="/wiki/Google_APIs" title="Google APIs">Google Books API Family</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/JSTOR" title="JSTOR">JSTOR</a> data is expanded using Citoid, which then queries jstor.com.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PMCID" class="mw-redirect" title="PMCID">PMC</a> and <a href="/wiki/PMID" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID">PMID</a> data comes from and is expanded from <a href="/wiki/PubMed" title="PubMed">PubMed</a>.</li> <li>Wikipedia's Citoid based upon <a href="/wiki/Zotero" title="Zotero">Zotero</a> for generic URL expansion. Only works with some URLs: for example PDFs are not expanded.</li></ul> <p>Open source links are from mostly <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://oadoi.org">oaDOI</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A stable version of the bot is always available at <a class="external free" href="https://citations.toolforge.org/">https://citations.toolforge.org/</a> </p><p>Time commitments preclude regular updates; maintenance is attempted every few months. The source code can be found at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot">https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interpreting_bot_edit_summaries">Interpreting bot edit summaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interpreting bot edit summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bot edit summaries try to strike a balance between providing too little information to be useful and so much information as to exceed the line limits and to just duplicate the edit content itself. Sometimes the edit summary will include items that did not occur in the final edit because multiple actions cancelled each other out. Also, if a URL is removed, then the edit summary might say that other things (such as access-date) were removed because there was no URL, even though there was originally a URL: this is because the bot works in phases. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stopping_the_bot_from_editing">Stopping the bot from editing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Stopping the bot from editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/use#..._the_bot_made_a_mistake?" title="User:Citation bot/use">User:Citation bot/use § ... the bot made a mistake?</a></div> <ol><li>To prevent Citation bot from editing a particular page, add the following text anywhere on the page <pre>{{bots|deny=Citation bot}}</pre></li> <li>To prevent Citation bot from changing template types, add a comment to the citation template before the first <code>|</code>, such as <pre>{{cite journal  |last=Smith |first=John |year=2018 |...}}</pre></li> <li>If the bot is erroneously adding or modifying a parameter (e.g. adding a wrong <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|last=</code>/<code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|first=</code>, or a wrong <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|doi=</code>) to a citation), put a comment in place of the appropriate parameter such as <pre>|doi = </pre> or <pre>|volume=7A  </pre></li></ol> <p>Although the content of the comment is not relevant to the Citation Bot, it is best to include some text within the comment so that human editors understand why there is a comment. Also, it makes it clear why, such if the comment was "Citation bot grabs invalid issue number from pubmed", then a human might know that they too should not believe pubmed. Lastly, random empty comments are prone to being deleted by human editors as "extraneous". </p><p>It may be possible to fix the underlying problem if you <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot" title="User talk:Citation bot">report the error</a> – but there are a few, rare instances (such as false positives and editor preference) where it is impossible to implement an automatic fix. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="False_positives">False positives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: False positives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the bot is adding seemingly-unrelated data to a citation, it is probably receiving a false positive from the citation databases it consults. Unfortunately, there's no way for the bot to know this, so there are two ways of avoiding it: </p> <ul><li>Change the citation template to one which the bot doesn't modify, such as cite news, etc;</li> <li>Add a comment into one or more of the parameters – these comments will not be over-ridden by the bot, and will reduce the chance of the citation databases throwing false positives.</li> <li>If the journal title has non-standard <a href="/wiki/Letter_case" title="Letter case">casing</a> (Such as PLOS One), then special code should be requested on the bug report page, or better yet, make a pull request on <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot/blob/master/constants.php">https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot/blob/master/constants.php</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Page_numbers_with_hyphens">Page numbers with hyphens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Page numbers with hyphens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bot replaces hyphens with <a href="/wiki/En_dash" class="mw-redirect" title="En dash">en dash</a> in page number ranges. On rare occasions when a hyphen is right and an en dash is wrong (hyphen in the page number itself, often because the page number includes the chapter too), manually use the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Hyphen" title="Template:Hyphen">hyphen</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template instead of the <a href="/wiki/Dash" title="Dash">dash</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hyphen" title="Hyphen">hyphen</a> character. An alternative is to use the template's <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|at=</code> parameter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Valid_parameters">Valid parameters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Valid parameters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bot draws all parameters specified in <a href="/wiki/Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist" title="Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist">Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist</a> with the format "['parameter_name'] = true", and treats these as valid spellings. The bot maintains its own copy at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot/blob/master/constants/parameters.php">https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot/blob/master/constants/parameters.php</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Internationalization">Internationalization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Internationalization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been a number of requests for the bot to be adapted to foreign-language wikipedias. When time permits, I will be happy to work towards this. For me to adapt the bot for a foreign wiki I first need: </p> <ul><li>A valid bot account on that wiki with the appropriate permission for its edits</li> <li>A translation of each of the template names and parameters used.</li></ul> <p>If you have both of these available, please <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot" title="User talk:Citation bot">let me know</a> and I will set to work on the necessary coding. </p><p>The Gadget method does not require a bot login, so users can do that without any work on our end. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/use" title="User:Citation bot/use">User:Citation bot/use</a></div> <p><b>Automatic or manually Assisted:</b> Automatic </p><p><b>Programming language(s):</b> PHP </p><p><b>Function summary:</b> Maintains and expands citations; ensures standards are complied to. </p><p><b>Edit period(s):</b> Can run in a continuous mode that automatically revisits articles, but currently used on specific articles whenever <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UCB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UCB">requested by a user</a>. </p><p><b>Function details:</b> </p> <ol><li>Replaces "id=identifier" or "url=<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://resource.org/identifier=#">http://resource.org/identifier=#</a> with "identifier=#"</li> <li>Fixes common typos in <b>parameter</b> names (not values), using the closest match if the typo is not in a list of frequent mistakes <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot/blob/master/constants/parameters.php">https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot/blob/master/constants/parameters.php</a></li> <li>Removes redundant parameters</li> <li>Searches for <i>missing</i> parameters (including URL), then adds them if available. This is especially convenient when <i>only</i> an identifier is included within the template <ul><li>The bot uses a range of databases including Google Books API, Google Books, PubMed, CrossRef, AdsAbs, doi.org, and JSTOR</li></ul></li> <li>Converts an endnote citation to a Wikipedia citation — <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sea_butterfly&diff=prev&oldid=365263573">Example</a></li> <li>Is authorized to, but not currently add names to references and combine duplicates</li> <li>Expands <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_arXiv" title="Template:Cite arXiv">cite arXiv</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates with an eprint parameter, and updates them to use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> where appropriate</li> <li>Where a mixture of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation" title="Template:Citation">citation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span>{{<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates#Examples" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">cite xxx</a>}}</span> family templates are used in an article, is authorized to standardize to the dominant format, but does not currently do that</li> <li>Convert bare references to citation template based references</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="User_box_you_can_add_to_show_support">User box you can add to show support</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: User box you can add to show support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background:transparent;color:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;"> <tbody><tr style="font-size:80%;margin:0;padding:0;"> <th width="390" align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext" title="Help:Wikitext">Wikitext</a></i> </th> <th width="250" align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">userbox</a></i> </th> <th align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">where used</a></i> </th></tr> <tr style="margin:0;padding:0;"> <td align="left"><code style="color:inherit; background:inherit; border:none;">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:User_wikipedia/Citation_bot" title="Template:User wikipedia/Citation bot">User wikipedia/Citation bot</a>}}</code> </td> <td align="center"><div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #717D7E;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#F2F4F4;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#BFC9CA;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kcmsystem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nuvola_apps_kcmsystem.svg/40px-Nuvola_apps_kcmsystem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nuvola_apps_kcmsystem.svg/60px-Nuvola_apps_kcmsystem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nuvola_apps_kcmsystem.svg/80px-Nuvola_apps_kcmsystem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:#000000;vertical-align:middle">This user fixes <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> with the help of <b><a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot/use" title="User:Citation bot/use">Citation bot</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AUser+wikipedia%2FCitation+bot">linked pages</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bot_approval">Bot approval</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Bot approval"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/DOI_bot" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot</a>: Adds DOIs to citations provided using <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/DOI_bot_2" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 2">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 2</a>: Add missing parameters to citations from CrossRef database, and tidy citations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/DOI_bot_3" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 3">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 3</a>: Replace hyphens with en-dashes in page number ranges <ul><li>This request was denied with rationale: "If there is consensus for changing it your bot is already approved to do so"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Citation_bot_4" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 4">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 4</a>: Where pages use a mixture of 'citation' and 'cite journal' templates (which produce different output styles), use the dominant template in all cases</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Citation_bot_5" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 5">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 5</a>: Change 'Cite ArXiV' to 'Cite Journal' where appropriate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Citation_bot_6" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 6">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 6</a>: Add names to anonymous reference tags</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Citation_bot_7" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 7">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 7</a>: Facilitate the addition of references by adding ref tags where requested.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Citation_bot_8" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 8">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 8</a>: Convert bare URLs to "Cite journal" or "Citation" templates – Conversion of URL citations, including work on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs">bare URLs</a>, duplicate URLs for <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1#Online_sources" title="Help:Citation Style 1">online sources</a> and <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1#Identifiers" title="Help:Citation Style 1">identifiers</a> (like <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/424898867" title="Special:Diff/424898867">JSTOR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/424896886" title="Special:Diff/424896886">bibcode</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/424759921" title="Special:Diff/424759921">ASIN</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Citation_bot_9" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 9">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 9</a>: Perform null edits to update category membership</li> <li>There have been other discussions on various citation, general Wikipedia, and citation template related pages over the years that reached various levels of consensus. The bot also relied on those as guidance.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot">Github version</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also_–_Other_great_tools_to_use"><span id="See_also_.E2.80.93_Other_great_tools_to_use"></span>See also – Other great tools to use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also – Other great tools to use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REFILL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REFILL">Wikipedia:reFill</a> is a tool that handles many bare URLs that this does not.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OABOT" title="Wikipedia:OABOT">Wikipedia:OA bot</a> automatically suggests the most suitable open access links for existing DOI citations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REFTOOLS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REFTOOLS">Wikipedia:RefToolbar</a> is a series of JavaScript/jQuery scripts that help editors add citation templates to articles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UPSD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UPSD">Wikipedia:Unreliable/Predatory Source Detector</a> – A script designed to highlight citations to unreliable/predatory sources.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bot_Recognitions">Bot Recognitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Bot Recognitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Original Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thank you, you have been very helpful to me as a new user and contributor. <a href="/wiki/User:Tonythetiger89" title="User:Tonythetiger89">Tonythetiger89</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Tonythetiger89" title="User talk:Tonythetiger89">talk</a>) 16:29, 15 August 2013 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cute_grey_kitten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Cute_grey_kitten.jpg/150px-Cute_grey_kitten.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Cute_grey_kitten.jpg/225px-Cute_grey_kitten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Cute_grey_kitten.jpg/300px-Cute_grey_kitten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p> This kitten is <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pictogram_voting_keep.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Pictogram_voting_keep.svg/18px-Pictogram_voting_keep.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Pictogram_voting_keep.svg/27px-Pictogram_voting_keep.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Pictogram_voting_keep.svg/36px-Pictogram_voting_keep.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span><b> Fixed</b> </p><p>Vivian </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Kashment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Kashment (page does not exist)">Kashment</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Kashment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Kashment (page does not exist)">talk</a>) 20:51, 20 July 2014 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;" /> <abbr title="Smiling face" style="border-bottom: none;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Face-smile.svg/18px-Face-smile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Face-smile.svg/27px-Face-smile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Face-smile.svg/36px-Face-smile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></abbr> <a href="/wiki/User:Smith609" title="User:Smith609">Martin</a> <b><small>(<a href="/wiki/User:Smith609" title="User:Smith609">Smith609</a> – <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Smith609" title="User talk:Smith609">Talk</a>)</small></b> 05:13, 29 July 2014 (UTC) </p> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Citation Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">For all of your citation fixes! <a href="/wiki/User:Quinton_Feldberg" title="User:Quinton Feldberg">Quinton Feldberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Quinton_Feldberg" title="User talk:Quinton Feldberg">talk</a>) 05:49, 24 August 2017 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Editor's Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Amazing, <p>Im out of words! It's Indeed very helpful <a href="/wiki/User:Dadhush" title="User:Dadhush">Dadhush</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Dadhush" title="User talk:Dadhush">talk</a>) 12:52, 16 November 2018 (UTC) </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Editor's Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Good job. Keep it up man !!! <a href="/wiki/User:Taal_Saptak" title="User:Taal Saptak">Taal Saptak</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Taal_Saptak" title="User talk:Taal Saptak">talk</a>) 10:09, 7 July 2018 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Choco-Nut_Bake_with_Meringue_Top_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Choco-Nut_Bake_with_Meringue_Top_cropped.jpg/120px-Choco-Nut_Bake_with_Meringue_Top_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Choco-Nut_Bake_with_Meringue_Top_cropped.jpg/180px-Choco-Nut_Bake_with_Meringue_Top_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Choco-Nut_Bake_with_Meringue_Top_cropped.jpg/240px-Choco-Nut_Bake_with_Meringue_Top_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="936" data-file-height="702" /></a></span> </td> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">That's really great <a href="/wiki/User:Jackwilliam2" title="User:Jackwilliam2">Jackwilliam2</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jackwilliam2" title="User talk:Jackwilliam2">talk</a>) 12:20, 3 December 2018 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Technical Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thank you for your dedication that eases my workload! <a href="/wiki/User:It%27s_gonna_be_awesome" title="User:It's gonna be awesome"><span style="color:#00cc7a; font-family:Lucida Handwriting; background-color:#ffffcc;size:12pt">It's gonna be awesome!</span></a>✎<a href="/wiki/User_talk:It%27s_gonna_be_awesome" title="User talk:It's gonna be awesome"><span style="text-shadow:0 1px 5px#39f;">Talk♬</span></a> 13:36, 5 January 2019 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Original Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thank you <a href="/wiki/User:Ackee123" title="User:Ackee123">Ackee123</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Ackee123" title="User talk:Ackee123">talk</a>) 11:38, 30 August 2019 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baklava_-_Turkish_special,_80-ply.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Baklava_-_Turkish_special%2C_80-ply.JPEG/135px-Baklava_-_Turkish_special%2C_80-ply.JPEG" decoding="async" width="135" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Baklava_-_Turkish_special%2C_80-ply.JPEG/203px-Baklava_-_Turkish_special%2C_80-ply.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Baklava_-_Turkish_special%2C_80-ply.JPEG/270px-Baklava_-_Turkish_special%2C_80-ply.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="1542" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> </td> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Good job! <a href="/wiki/User:Azilmark89" title="User:Azilmark89">Azilmark89</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Azilmark89" title="User talk:Azilmark89">talk</a>) 12:53, 22 August 2019 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Citation Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Hey, I was just there suffering in cite date. Any way thanks CBOT. <a href="/wiki/User:F5pillar" title="User:F5pillar">F5pillar</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:F5pillar" title="User talk:F5pillar">talk</a>) 19:18, 21 January 2020 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Citation Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">This Bot is very useful. <a href="/wiki/User:Swapout" title="User:Swapout">Swapout</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Swapout" title="User talk:Swapout">talk</a>) 10:44, 27 October 2020 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cup-o-coffee-simple.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Cup-o-coffee-simple.svg/120px-Cup-o-coffee-simple.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Cup-o-coffee-simple.svg/180px-Cup-o-coffee-simple.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Cup-o-coffee-simple.svg/240px-Cup-o-coffee-simple.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="197" /></a></span> </td> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Why not send a cup! <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:IWikepidsacusk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:IWikepidsacusk (page does not exist)">IWikepidsacusk</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:IWikepidsacusk" title="User talk:IWikepidsacusk">talk</a>) 14:17, 4 December 2020 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="border-style:solid; border-color:#a9834f; background-color:#e0e000; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks"> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mikroel_0141_lille4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Mikroel_0141_lille4.jpg/150px-Mikroel_0141_lille4.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Mikroel_0141_lille4.jpg/225px-Mikroel_0141_lille4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Mikroel_0141_lille4.jpg/300px-Mikroel_0141_lille4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2406" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Penguinmlle has given you <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">microchips</a>! Microchips promote <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLove" title="Wikipedia:WikiLove">WikiLove</a> (📖💞) and hopefully this one has made your day more efficient. It is the food best preferred by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">bots</a>. 🤖 Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else microchips, whether it be someone you have had <a href="/wiki/Robot_combat" title="Robot combat">robot wars</a> with in the past or a good friend. </p><p>Spread the goodness of microchips by adding {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Microchips_for_you" title="Template:Microchips for you">subst:Microchips for you</a>}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message! </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Original Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">thank bot <a href="/wiki/User:Mohamed_Taqi" title="User:Mohamed Taqi">Mohamed Taqi</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mohamed_Taqi" title="User talk:Mohamed Taqi">talk</a>) 11:44, 25 May 2021 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>편집자 반스타</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thank you for your detail editing. May the Lord bless you. <a href="/wiki/User:%EC%B9%BC%EB%B9%88500" title="User:칼빈500">칼빈500</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:%EC%B9%BC%EB%B9%88500" title="User talk:칼빈500">talk</a>) 14:04, 18 September 2021 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Original Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Awesome! <a href="/wiki/User:DIACHRONY" title="User:DIACHRONY">DIACHRONY</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DIACHRONY" title="User talk:DIACHRONY">talk</a>) 14:30, 16 November 2021 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Editors_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Editor's Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thank you for your edit on <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go" title="Pokémon Go">Pokémon Go</a>, where you added the title of "Kalos Celebration Event - Pokémon Go" by Serebii, which I pasted the URL to. <a href="/wiki/User:Kurisumasen" title="User:Kurisumasen">Kurisumasen</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kurisumasen" title="User talk:Kurisumasen">talk</a>) 22:07, 7 December 2021 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Citation Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thank you, bot. We will always remember your citations ;) Imurmate <a href="/wiki/User:I%27ma_editor2022" title="User:I'ma editor2022">I'ma editor2022</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:I%27ma_editor2022" title="User talk:I'ma editor2022">talk</a>) 03:26, 9 January 2022 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%A1zikecske_portr%C3%A9.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/H%C3%A1zikecske_portr%C3%A9.JPG/150px-H%C3%A1zikecske_portr%C3%A9.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/H%C3%A1zikecske_portr%C3%A9.JPG/225px-H%C3%A1zikecske_portr%C3%A9.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/H%C3%A1zikecske_portr%C3%A9.JPG/300px-H%C3%A1zikecske_portr%C3%A9.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2016" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>A goat friend for a bot, why not? </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cobrafang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Cobrafang (page does not exist)">Cobrafang</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Cobrafang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Cobrafang (page does not exist)">talk</a>) 13:25, 30 May 2022 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;" /> </p> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; heigth: 1.5em;"><b>The Original Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">thank bot 😁️ <a href="/wiki/User:Einahr" title="User:Einahr">Einahr11</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Einahr" title="User talk:Einahr">talk</a>) 19:22, 12 August 2022 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brilliant_Idea_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Brilliant_Idea_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Brilliant_Idea_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Brilliant_Idea_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Brilliant_Idea_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Brilliant_Idea_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Brilliant_Idea_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Brilliant Idea Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">This bot is great! <b><a href="/wiki/User:Andrevan" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Andrevan">Andre</a></b><span style="border:2px solid #073642;background:rgb(255,156,0);background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,156,0,1) 0%, rgba(147,0,255,1) 45%, rgba(4,123,134,1) 87%);"><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Andrevan" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Andrevan">🚐</a></span> 02:47, 8 August 2022 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Vitruvian_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Technical Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">thanks chad <a href="/wiki/User:That_Prussian1872" title="User:That Prussian1872">Von bismarck</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:That_Prussian1872" title="User talk:That Prussian1872">talk</a>) 18:55, 6 February 2023 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barnstar_of_Reversion_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Barnstar_of_Reversion_Hires.png/100px-Barnstar_of_Reversion_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Barnstar_of_Reversion_Hires.png/150px-Barnstar_of_Reversion_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Barnstar_of_Reversion_Hires.png/200px-Barnstar_of_Reversion_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thanks for keeping Wikipedia a fairly accurate source of information! <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:PJFootball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:PJFootball (page does not exist)">PJFootball</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:PJFootball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:PJFootball (page does not exist)">talk</a>) 19:26, 6 July 2024 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_brownie_for_you!"><span id="A_brownie_for_you.21"></span>A brownie for you!</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: A brownie for you!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brownie_transparent.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Brownie_transparent.png/120px-Brownie_transparent.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Brownie_transparent.png/180px-Brownie_transparent.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Brownie_transparent.png/240px-Brownie_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="226" /></a></span> </td> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Yum! <a href="/wiki/User:Arhan_D" title="User:Arhan D">Arhan D</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Arhan_D" title="User talk:Arhan D">talk</a>) 23:15, 22 February 2024 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_barnstar_for_you!"><span id="A_barnstar_for_you.21"></span>A barnstar for you!</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: A barnstar for you!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Original_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Original_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Original Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Thank you for editing a lot. I have seen a lot of your edits. <a href="/wiki/User:I-ready_Fan" title="User:I-ready Fan">I-ready Fan</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:I-ready_Fan" title="User talk:I-ready Fan">talk</a>) 22:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="YOUR_BOT_IS_AMAZING::_ONE_MORE_BARNSTAR">YOUR BOT IS AMAZING:: ONE MORE BARNSTAR</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: YOUR BOT IS AMAZING:: ONE MORE BARNSTAR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Citation_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Citation Barnstar for Timeline of Salem, MA ..always amazing work.. THANKS AGAIN..</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Add: date, title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2....For all of your citation fixes on the Timeline of Salem, MA ..always amazing work.. THANKS AGAIN..3rd of October 2024.!(UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Good_robot_Two_is_superior....Another_barnstar_for_you!_always_amazing_work.Good_robot"><span id="Good_robot_Two_is_superior....Another_barnstar_for_you.21_always_amazing_work.Good_robot"></span>Good robot Two is superior....Another barnstar for you! always amazing work.Good robot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Good robot Two is superior....Another barnstar for you! always amazing work.Good robot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Resilient Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Good robot 3rd of October 2024(UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_barnstar_for_you!_2"><span id="A_barnstar_for_you.21_2"></span>A barnstar for you!</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: A barnstar for you!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png/100px-Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png/150px-Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png/200px-Resilient_Barnstar_Hires.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900" /></a></span> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;"><b>The Resilient Barnstar</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;">Good robot <a href="/wiki/User:Susbush" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Susbush">Susbush</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Susbush" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Susbush">talk</a>) 15:21, 27 September 2024 (UTC) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="GOOD_BOT">GOOD BOT</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: GOOD BOT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Congratulations, wonderful robot! I see you have helped us improve article citations over 5 million times!! That's a very impressive milestone, IMHO, and we are so glad to help your help. Bravo you, and keep up the good work. Best, <a href="/wiki/User:Jengod" title="User:Jengod">jengod</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jengod" title="User talk:Jengod">talk</a>) 23:53, 21 August 2024 (UTC) </p> <dl><dd>For all the problems I've had with / cleanup I've done after Citation bot, its work is overwhelmingly positive, and it's far and away the least problematic of the citation scripts. <a href="/wiki/User:Folly_Mox" title="User:Folly Mox">Folly Mox</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Folly_Mox" title="User talk:Folly Mox">talk</a>) 09:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)</dd></dl> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_kitten_for_you!"><span id="A_kitten_for_you.21"></span>A kitten for you!</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: A kitten for you!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Youngkitten.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Youngkitten.JPG/150px-Youngkitten.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Youngkitten.JPG/225px-Youngkitten.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Youngkitten.JPG/300px-Youngkitten.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/User:Pygos" title="User:Pygos">Pygos</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Pygos" title="User talk:Pygos">talk</a>) 03:21, 12 November 2024 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;" /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="you_have_one_of_the_best_bots.._keep_up_the_amazing_work">you have one of the best bots.. keep up the amazing work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: you have one of the best bots.. keep up the amazing work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid gray; background-color: #fdffe7;"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bot_operator%27s_barnstar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Bot_operator%27s_barnstar.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="96" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="96" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;">Bot Operator's Barnstar </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;">The Citation bot is a Tremendous Bot, keep up the amazing work on editing. </td></tr></tbody></table>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&oldid=1259361236">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Citation_bot&oldid=1259361236</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Active_Wikipedia_bots" title="Category:Active Wikipedia bots">Active Wikipedia bots</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_bots" title="Category:All Wikipedia bots">All Wikipedia bots</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_bots_running_on_Wikimedia_Toolforge" title="Category:Wikipedia bots running on Wikimedia Toolforge">Wikipedia bots running on Wikimedia Toolforge</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 24 November 2024, at 19:29<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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